Monday, June 28, 2010

Welcome Boxes

We are very fond of "Welcome Boxes" for you out of town guests. It is a nice way to welcome them to your city and thank them for traveling from afar to celebrate in your day. For a recent June wedding we created these gorgeous boxes filled with wonderful items. These boxes were special to the bride and groom as over half of their guests were out of town guests with both the bride & grooms families traveling from Florida, California & New York. The boxes were filled with wonderful items such as a map of Chicago, Points of interest, Postcard from Chicago, Tissues for their tears of joy, Bottles of water with custom labels, Miniature bottle of champagne, Flutes & much more! The bride & groom also added a handwritten note to their guests that read:


"Thank You for joining us for our special day!
We hope you have a great time and
fall in love with the city that we fell in love in"


Love Mr & Mrs. Mouradian



Every aspect of this wedding well thought out and cohesive with the wedding itself. The wedding was held at ZED451 in Downtown Chicago and has a very earthy yet modern feel. The boxes were white with band of woodgrain paper and a pretty sating ribbon bow. It fit perfectly within the couples Modern meets Organic wedding!
Please remember you do not have to break the bank with your welcome boxes or bags!! Visit your local dollar store for boxes, bags, treats & more! You also do not have to add tons of goodies, just a welcome card, map & couple of bottles of water is just fine! Think about what you would like to receive and take the type of wedding into consideration as-well. If you are having a beach wedding add a pair of flip flops for the lady, sunscreen & water.
The possibilities are endless!!


Here are a few images from the June wedding!!
All photos P/O Just Say Yes Events!






Friday, June 25, 2010

Venetian Wedding Rehearsal.

Venice has always had a special place in my heart! Last year My fiancee and I spent three weeks in Europe visiting over a dozen different cities including London, Paris, Versailles, Marseilles, Venice, Florence, Rome & more! The moment we arrived in Venice I was in love! I remember looking out from our Juliet balcony looking onto the canals seeing my very first gondola and thinking I never want to go home! Hah....If my fiancee would have left me I would have stayed there forever. I now understand why Venice has inspired so many artist as it completely got my artist mind going.

When it came time to plan our own wedding I knew from day one that I wanted a Venice inspired wedding rehearsal. The wedding itself had a very modern feel with clean lines and a black and white theme so I wanted a completely different look.
The wedding rehearsal was hosted at our "First date" restaurant The Chicago Firehouse on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago. The restaurant means a great deal to us and knew it would be perfect for the rehearsal of our wedding. Daniel's parents graciously gifted the rehearsal to us and we wanted to blow them away with decor and make it extremely special.
The color scheme we selected was a luscious red *Grooms favorite color, small touches of purple*Grooms mothers favorite color and gold accents of course!

The tables were a covered in a luxurious heavy satin red damask linen that matched the existing chairs in the room. To break up the red on the table and the napkin that was also a satin red we used gold chargers at every place setting. In each napkin was a menu for guests and on top my favorite part...... Authentic Venetian masks gilded in gold and silver with feathers of course! The masks brought back so many memories for me and I was very excited to give them to our guests.
For the centerpieces I knew they had to be grand as everything in Venice is very over the top. The centerpieces were tall 30" Pilsner vases with a huge floral arrangement atop the vase. All together with the vase and the arrangement the height reached over five and a half feet composed of two different varieties of red roses, alstromeria & greens. Around the base of the centerpieces were gorgeous Venetian inspired votive holders in red glass with golden edges and tons of rose petals.

When designing an event I think of all aspects of the rooms itself so the room looks cohesive and there are no areas that look odd. During one of the last visit to The Chicago Firehouse with the wonderful Christine Picerno who was fabulous I noticed the windows had rather large ledges. The designer in me starting thinking up ways to decorate the ledges and make them more welcoming as they are rather large. I came up with the idea to display images from our trip to Venice in gold frames which meant a great deal to me. I did not want the frames to just be alone and so I added tons of cylinders with floating candles and hundreds of red rose petals with the frames.

There are a few details that I just have to mention! Daniel wore red sock to match the theme of the evening and I wore a gorgeous silver satin dress with heavy ornate beading and ostrich feather strap keeping within the theme. Daniel's parents also created little notes thanking everyone for coming and included photos from our engagement photo-shoot inside. They sealed the envelopes with hand dripped wax seals and a little M for Mouradian. They were a very nice surprise and something we will cherish forever.


I would also love to give a little shout out to our great friends over at Carasco Photography!! They did the photography for the rehearsal and we couldn't be more pleased. They captured the look we were going for and we have memories that we will cherish forever!

To view more of their amazing work click HERE =) Or visit them at http://www.carascophoto.com











All Photos property of Carasco Photography & Just Say Yes Events

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

WEDDING INVITATION

Owner and creative director Barbara Mouradian of Just Say Yes Events was married this June and we just have to share their wedding invitation with you!! Barbara's fiancee Daniel Mouradian is an Art Director and custom designed the wedding invitation to reflect them as a couple and give guests a look into what they should expect.
Daniel & Barbara are both very modern but love the natural look and feel of wood and more organic feel. It was only fitting that their June 2010 wedding take place at ZED451 in Downtown Chicago. The venue is modern yet warm and organic EXACTLY what the couple was looking for. They took elements from the venue and used them in the invitations such as wood veneers on both the save the date & the wedding invitation.
To keep the invitation modern they used black with white foil and had a calligrapher hand write their logo which they used on everything to give the wedding a personality. This is definitely a one of a kind and fits Daniel & Barbara's personalities perfectly.

-Just Say Yes Events!


Invitations Suite: Save The Date with blind embossing and wenge wood veneer on the reverse side.
Main Invitation has curly walnut wood veneer & Foil stamping. Other pieces include: Ceremony, Hotel Information, Directions, RSVP, Thank You card*, Menu* & Guest donation card for American Cancer Society*.
* Indicates not shown in image.


Invitations Suite: Save The Date with blind embossing and wenge wood veneer on the reverse side.
Main Invitation has curly walnut wood veneer & Foil stamping. Other pieces include: Ceremony, Hotel Information, Directions, RSVP, Thank You card*, Menu* & Guest donation card for American Cancer Society*.
* Indicates not shown in image.


Main cover for invitation with Curly Walnut wood veneer.


Save The Date with Wenge wood veneer.

Parisian Bridal Shower

This shower won our hearts over!! This bridal shower had everything from Signature drink, 16 foot sweet bar, custom chocolate Eiffel tower favors to custom lounge decor. The shower was hosted at the cool and modern lounge EDGE on Division in Chicago.
The entire lounge was re-arranged for this event and brought Paris to Chicago.
Hope you enjoy and are inspired by far away places as-well!!

-Just Say Yes Events!


Custom shower favors: Chocolate Eiffel Tower in acrylic box with "Merci" gift tag.
Chocolates made by: FLOUR cake & Pastry
Packaging designed by: Just Say Yes Events


Floral By: Just Say Yes Events
Recycled glass vases from Spain filled with gorgeous phalaenopsis white Orchids.


Floral By: Just Say Yes Events
Lounge decor included trio of tall cylinders, two filled with water dyed pink and one filled with premium pink roses.



Lounge Decor By; Just Say Yes Events
Gorgeous lounge decor.....custom pillows, trio of vases & orchids.


16 foot sweet table!!! Everything from three tier cake to macaroons and everything in between! If you have a sweet tooth this was the place for you! The bride has one heck of a sweet tooth=)